[Intro]
Aye! In di ghetto they call me Billy Boyo
An' teacher at school call me Boyo Billy
Dis is something I want you to understand
Billy Boyo at the microphone stand (Do it!)
My musical disc I play; no bother feel no way
Still a gone a school an' deejay (Do it!)
[Chorus]
Now a January an' mi gone back to school
Now a January an' mi gone back to school
With fi mi book, di pen an' mi rule
With fi mi book, di pen an' mi rule
No youth cyaan take I for a fool
No youth cyaan take I for a fool
Like riding mi back, just like a mule
Riding mi back, just like a mule
When mi go to school fi learn di golden rule
When mi go to school fi learn di golden rule
[Verse 1]
I am a youth, goin' to primary
Litter after dat I pass mi [?]
What a I-ya do, mi go to secondary
Sit Billy Boyo in him full khaki
Di Clarks booty with mi pocket a money
[Refrain]
Ting-a-ling-a-ling
Di school bell ring
Di teacher bag di tie with a piece of red string
Ting-a-ling-a-ling
Di school bell ring
Di teacher bag di tie with a piece of blue string
Cah, tell you, Billy Boyo keep you rockin' an' swing
Cah, tell you, Billy Boyo pon di mic chantin'
[Bridge]
Five an' five? Ten, teacher
Six an' four? Ten, teacher
Seven an' three? Ten, teacher
Eight an' five? Thirteen, teacher
[Verse 2]
Tell you, Billy Boyo international
When mi go to school, a well official
BMW a drop me at school gate, a rental
Winson just live below di school gate
An' every morning she come a school late
Know, say, school call at quarter to eight
[Chorus]
Cah, now a January, I goin' back to school
Now a January an' I goin' back to school
I nah left mi book, mi pen an' mi rule
I nah left mi book, a pen an' mi rule
Cah, no youth cyaan take I for a fool
Ride up in mi back, mi say, just like a mule
In a mi Clarks, sit down pon a stool
Tell you, Billy Boyo, him is not a fool
[Verse 3]
Every Monday, dat a English
Say, every Tuesday, dat a Mathematics
Say, every Wednesday me gone a music class
Every Thursday, dat a sports game
Every Friday, dat a art an' craft
Tell you, Billy Boyo our chief of staff
At di microphone, mister Boyo, you have fi talk
[Chorus]
Cah, now a January now, mi have fi go back to school
January now, mi have fi go back to school
Nah left mi book, mi pen an' mi rule
Nah left mi book, mi pen an' mi rule
Cah, mi best class-mate, you know is Glen
I don't write with pencil, mi say, but mi write with pen
Don't write with pencil, mi say, but mi write with pen
Di girl Elizabeth, she sit 'side of me
An' everything mi write, mi say, she has copy
[Outro]
Five an' five? Ten, teacher
Six an' four a? Ten, teacher
